[278] See ante, § [57.]

[279] Parker, Personal Liberty Laws, 27.

[280] See ante, § [54.]

[281] See ante, § [55.]

[282] Parker, Personal Liberty Laws, 27; Laws of Massachusetts, 1855, p. 924; Appendix D, No. [60], case of William Johnson.

[283] Laws of Massachusetts, 1858, p. 151.

[284] Acts and Resolves of Maine, 1855, p. 207.

[285] Ibid., 1857, p. 38.

[286] Acts and Resolves of New Hampshire, 1857, p. 1876.

[287] Acts and Resolves of Vermont, 1840, p. 13.